Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
An unfathomable, desert leader legend, alternatingly self-confident, querulous, deeply wounded, or frighteningly vengeful.
Peter O'Toole (Lawrence)
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On the Waterfront (1954)
A callow young boxer, a dumb and innocent pawn, who leads a defiant crusade as a stoic iconoclast. Marlon Brando (Terry Malloy) -
Sophie's Choice (1982)
An Auschwitz inmate faced with pure horror - and then a survivor's torment and guilt. Meryl Streep (Sophie Zawistowski) -
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
A strutting, raw, nervously inept bank robber who steals money to pay for his boyfriend's sex-change operation. Al Pacino (Sonny) -
All About Eve (1950)
An aging, threatened grand dame/diva of the theater. Bette Davis (Margo) -
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
An exuberant and dazzling song-and-dance performer and 'grand old man'. James Cagney (George M. Cohan) -
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
A persevering, slumping, filthy, sweaty, rodent-like tubercular street hustler. Dustin Hoffman (Ratso) -
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
An Everyman whose dreams slowly fade as his responsibilities preclude his ambitions. James Stewart (George Bailey) -
Young Frankenstein (1974)
A poor, doomed and frantic lunatic doctor - both sophisticated and childish. Gene Wilder (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein) -
Raging Bull (1980)
A blunt, ferocious, sinewy boxer and puffy-faced, overweight entertainer in his later years. Robert De Niro (Jake La Motta) -
My Left Foot (1989)
A lusty, complicated, and brilliant writer afflicted with cerebral palsy. Daniel Day-Lewis (Christy Brown) -
The Last Detail (1973)
A rebellious, steely-eyed, anti-authoritarian, combustible Navy man transporting a hapless young grunt (Randy Quaid) to prison. Jack Nicholson (Buddusky) -
The Lion in Winter (1968)
A crafty, scheming and manipulative 12th-century queen. Katharine Hepburn (Eleanor of Aquitaine) -
Tender Mercies (1983)
A broken-down, ex-country music legend who finds redemption in the love of a widow and her young son. Robert Duvall (Mac Sledge) -
Big (1988)
A young teenage-boy whose dream comes true to be 'big' when he is morphed into the body of a toy-company executive. Tom Hanks (Josh) -
Notorious (1946)
A cruel and pained government agent who subtly assaults the character of a socialite (Ingrid Bergman) that he eventually rescues. Cary Grant (Devlin) -
Malcolm X (1992)
A multi-faceted role: a smooth and ruthless Harlem hustler, a firebrand black nationalist and leading minister in the Nation of Islam, and a contemplative, controlled and convincing leader. Denzel Washington (Malcolm X) -
Breaking the Waves (1996)
An expressive, beguiling, wide-eyed, simple-minded woman who believes that her sexual degradation will save her paralyzed husband's life. Emily Watson (Bess McNeill) -
The Verdict (1982)
A world-weary alcoholic, ambulance-chasing lawyer who redeems himself by exposing the truth in a medical malpractice suit. Paul Newman (Frank Galvin) -
The Godfather Part II (1974)
A hollow-eyed, evil, and dark successor to the role of gangster Don. Al Pacino (Michael) -
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
A tough-as-nails, yet very human heart-of-gold hooker. Giulietta Masina (Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli) -
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
A shy, sad, and innocent freak-newcomer to a town. Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands) -
The Insider (1999)
A stressed-out, distrustful, paunchy, fifty-something tobacco executive-turned-whistleblower. Russell Crowe (Jeffrey Wigand) -
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
An anxiously-desperate, paranoid gold-lusting prospector. Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs) -
Ninotchka (1939)
A severe yet earthy Soviet envoy who falls in love with a French count. Greta Garbo (Ninotchka)
